Restoration Theatre

12345678910111213
Across
  1. 3. Play written by Aphra Behn in 1677
  2. 5. England under the rule of Oliver Cromwell
  3. 10. Play written by Sir Charles Sedley in 1677
  4. 11. Supported the Parliament in the English Civil War
  5. 12. English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit and profligacy.
  6. 13. of Manners most popular genre in restoration theatre
Down
  1. 1. Women's dresses went down to their
  2. 2. Supported Charles I in the English civil war
  3. 4. Government that came before Oliver Cromwell's dictatorship
  4. 6. Play written by William Congreve from 1697
  5. 7. The era that began when Charles II was crowned King of England
  6. 8. English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a minor political figure in the British Whig Party
  7. 9. Playwright, one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing